The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ Daly, n. y. uU q great Tduc. EulCt bucy otp-
| pealed in the markets there seventeen days ago,
! one dealer has sold 100 at SIC. dozen. A
| boy shot eighty in one afternoon. They go to
| make sparrow pie.
! THE original charter of Philadelphia as a city,
| antedating by ten years the one now hanging in
| Independence Hail. which was supposed to be
| the first has been brought to light 1t is dated
| 1851, and was held by family who supposed it
was simply an old title deed.
| 'HALsroN'' says that newspaper correspond
cent recently discovered that Alfred Sully, of re-
| cent prominence in the Baltimore and Ohio
| deal, was something of poet and straightway
evolved this: Nh Sully is widower who
| sometimes fiiTts with the muse" The types
| brought it out in this way: Mr.. Suly is a
widower and sometimes tlirtS with the nurse"
THERE are in New York over 10000 persons
| who make living at the rag business. Every
morning before sunrise more than 1000 Italians
| are out fishing in ash barrels with iron hooks
| These chitfonieres get from quarter of cent
| to half q cent pound for the rags and paper
| they fish out of the barrels Old iron, Irvine
| and unbuTned coal swell their revenue. They
| make III good days soc.
THE use of electric lights in theatres has driven
paper snow largely off the stage. Various sub
| stitutes have been tried in Paris, and the very
! best imitation of snow has been found to be the
| scraps and clippings of kid left over from cut
| ting out gloves They float in the air descend
ing with very realistic slowness, and they cling
visibly to the garments of the actors. These
| clippings are furnished by several of the leading
| glove houses of Paris, and cost 81 a sack.
Al Del Mar, San Diego county, Cal, a surface
well was dug on the edge of bluff, so near the
edge that there was barely room for man to
| stand between the well and the jumping off
| place, and from this position he could jump
| down upon the beach below, distance of fifty
| feet, and yet the well was only eight feet and
! contained good supply of water in the soft
! sandstone. Last winter the bluff caved off
| taking with it the side and bottom of the we'll
| and the other side Of the well is still visible in
! the side of the bluff.
EVEN the divinity that doth hedge king
| yields to the power of the press The reporters
| who were puzZlng over the toilets at q recent
court ball at Rome were taken in tow by King
| UmbetO, to whom they frankly stated their
| fix, and introduced to Queen Marguerite, with
the suggestion that she should coach them. She
| did this with readiness and winning grace that
| completely captvated the quilldrivers, debating
| to them description Of the handsomest dresses.
| She wound up with the injunction not to forget
her necklace of pearls, for these are the things
| that especially interest your lady readers"
THOMAS STERLING, a st. Louis bill poster, be-
came ambitious to go on the stage, and so prac
ticed feat of placing nine tables on top of each
other and doing a somersault on the ninth one.
He secured an engagement and made his initial
appearance before the footlights. The pro-
gramme announced that he would do his great
pyramid table specially, an act beyond descrip-
ton" He had not quite completed the pyra-
mid when he fell to the floor, breaking his nose
and fracturing the bone over his left eye, in ad-
dition to sustaining several severe bruises. He
will return to bill sticking as soon as he gets
well.
A GOOD STORY of Mr.. D'OyIey Carte's little
visit to Boston at the time of the opening of the
Hollis Street Theatre has Just crept out. Going
up to the box Office of another theatre he said:
Il want to see MIR. Manager k He is not in
he iltCt NO cd ha il Enf RllpP
But really want to see him now!'' said Mr..
Carte, adding, as he rolled the words under his
tongue, Il am Mr.. D'Oyley Carte" But the
noise of a passing horSe-car dimmed even the
English indistinctness of speech, and the ticket
seller, Sweetly smiling, dismissed him with:
'Oh, an oil cart! Well, drive right round to
the back door; that's where they take the goods
in
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Nelcs relieves
the anxiety of the touring and the artistic
public in regard to the reported Dissertation
threatening the blue grotto at Capri 1t has
been rumored that an American resident in
tends to destroy the grottO close it to the
public or maliciously bore hole through the
roof and so destroy the wonderful effects of the
light. But the truth is that the said American,
Col. MacKOwen, intends to make access to the
blue grottO, which is now only possible by sea
and in calm weather, practicable at all times.
For that purpose he intends making tunnel
entering the grotto from the land side, which
will involve an expenditure of 100000 lire. The
chief difficulty in the undertaking consists in
preventing the light entering through the tunnel
interfering with the marvellous optical effect
now so much admired
OCCASIONALLY in past years a solitary individ-
nal has been heard of here and there who has
sworn to go unshaven and unshorn or do other
penance until his party has been restored to
power or his favorite candidate elected. But
down in Maine the phenomenon appears of the
Democracy of two townships possessed of this
relentless cast OF character. Last year the DEM
ocratS of Bucksport and Verona became dis
pleased because Collector Spoford appointed
Joseph l.. SwaSey to a position in the custom
house. and they pledged themselves to abstain
from voting so long as Swasey was retained.
They have Kept their word. Not Democratic
vote was thrown at the September or the March
election, and the party recently held a caucus
and adopted resolutions reaffirn1ing its position
SwaSey. however, still holds the fort and the
JacksOnians are likely to dsfranchise them
selves for nothing.
JUST before the close of the first session of the
Forty ninth Congress the Senate provided for a
compilation of the veto messages of Presidents
of the United States from the organization of
Congress up to the end of that session This
compilation has just been issued, and from it
some interesting information may be obtained
as to the exercise of the veto power by the Chief
Executives Only fourteen of the twenty two
Presidents who have had this power have found
occasion to use it, and of these Mr.. Cleveland is
far in the lead in the number of bills which have
received Executive Gisapproval although his
term is but half over The total number of
vetOes up 10 last August was 4l6 During the
session just ended President Cleveland added
thirty 10 the list, making total to
date of 416. The credit for 143 of
these belongs to Mr.. Cleveland. Monroe and
Lincoln each vetoed only one bill, the former
Objectng to a measure for internal improve
nents and the latter disappearing bill to cor
rect certain clerical errors. Washington OBJ
Jected 10 two meaSures-One for the apportion-
ncnt OF Representatives and the other for the
reduction of the army. Polk vetoed three public
measures. Arthur is credited in the compa-
ton with three vetoes, but the Fitz John Porter
bill for some reason, does not appear in the
list, so that he should have been credited with
four. Madison killed six public measures by
vetoes and Buchanan disposed Of eight in the
same way. Tyler and Pierce vetoed ten bills
cach and Hayes T. Jackson objected to thirteen
measures aud johnson to twenty-one. Gen
Grant exactly doubled this number, and made
the highest record up to the present admins
tf6tiJn.
JvDGED by his titles Prof Max Muller is prob
ably the most distinguished man in England to-,
day. Here is Il list, believed to be complete, Of
the honorary suIgcs tp hisname: Knight Of the
Or'lrc pour ie Aielite; Knight OF the order Of
AlaNuuAan ttor science and art); Knight Com
mdrdrr OF the Corona d'ltalia; Foreign Mem
her of the French Institute Academic DIES In
Scriptons ~ Bellies ir.ircs: of the ROYAL Slr-
diuiau Academy: ~ the Royal Academy OF the
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